Danny G. Tiner, a commercial vehicle driver, was sentenced to 22.5 years in jail after causing a deadly collision on Interstate 10 in Chandler, Arizona, on January 12, 2023. Tiner was caught driving at 68 mph in a 55 mph construction zone while using the TikTok app on his cell phone. The crash killed five people, including Ryan Gooding, Andrew Standifird, Jerardo Vazquez, Willis Thompson, and Gilberto Franco. Tiner faced several charges, including five counts of negligent homicide and fou...

Toni Renee McClure, a 29-year-old woman, has been charged with two counts of murder and one count each of neglect of a dependent resulting in death, battery on a person less than 14 years old, and criminal confinement. These charges are related to the death of her 5-year-old daughter, Kinsleigh Welty.  Kinsleigh was found severely malnourished and weighed only 21 pounds at the time of her death, which was less than her weight at 2 years old. The authorities allege that Kinsleigh was c...

John James DeHart, a 56-year-old man from Washington state, has been in the news recently for disturbing reasons. He was arrested in Philadelphia and extradited to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in April. DeHart faces serious charges related to the sexual assault of a child. The abuse allegedly occurred at a home on Seitz Drive from 2011 through 2013 when the victim was 4 to 6 years old. The victim described incidents where they were forced to undress and perform sexual acts. At tim...

Chloe Rae Sergent, 27, and her partner, Keola Cachero Wimbish, 40, were sentenced to 20 years in state prison for severe child abuse. The abuse included physical attacks, withholding of food, and evidence of one defendant lighting the 10-year-old victim on fire. Sergent, the biological mother of the child, pled guilty to one count each of child abuse and attempt to commit child abuse. The couple was arrested in Glendale, Arizona, on April 5, 2022. The child was removed from their care by ...

Maria Isabel Garduno-Martinez, also identified as Isabel Martinez, is a woman who was charged with the murder of her husband and four of her children in Georgia, USA. She was accused of stabbing them to death in their home. The incident took place in early July 2017. Martinez, originally from Mexico, had entered the United States illegally. During her court hearing, she was noted for her unusual behavior, including smiling and posing for news cameras. Nine-year-old Diana Romero, who is ho...

Tyler Zaugg, a New York State resident, was sentenced to 32 years in prison for the death of his infant son, Noah James Locke. The infant was born on May 10, 2021, and tragically passed away on July 16, 2021. Zaugg was accused of striking the infant in the face with a closed fist, causing a significant brain injury and multiple fractured ribs. He was indicted on multiple counts of assault and endangering the welfare of a child. In February 2022, he pleaded guilty to manslaughter and assau...

Marshawn Giles, a 23-year-old Wisconsin man, was charged with multiple crimes, including first-degree intentional homicide, first-degree child sexual assault, and substantial battery. He was accused of causing the death of a 20-month-old toddler, who suffered multiple skull fractures due to blunt force injuries. Giles was also charged with the child's sexual assault. The case was notable for its high-profile nature and severity, leading to Giles being held on a $1 million cash bond. Despi...

Kelli Elizabeth Yingling is a woman from California who has been charged with the murder of her mother, Peggi Yingling. The body of Peggi Yingling was discovered in a locked closet in their home, wrapped in plastic. After not seeing Peggi Yingling for several weeks, a neighbor asked the police to conduct a welfare check, leading to the discovery.  Kelli Yingling pleaded not guilty. She had been in custody at King County Jail since May 7 on unrelated charges prior to the discovery of...

Mark Riebe is a convicted murderer currently serving a life sentence in Florida. He stepped into the spotlight when 29-year-old expecting mother Donna Callahan went missing from a convenience store in Pensacola, Florida. The case remained unsolved for seven years until Mark's brother, William Alex Wells, who was serving a 30-year sentence for an unrelated robbery charge, confessed to the crime and implicated Mark. Mark Riebe was ultimately convicted of first-degree premeditated ...

Elizabeth Denise Escalona pleaded guilty to causing serious physical injury to her kid, and she was sentenced to ninety-nine years in jail. During the plea hearing, the court detailed the potential consequences for a first-degree felony, which include prison terms ranging from five to life or ninety-nine years, as well as a possible fine. Escalona entered a plea agreement, admitting her guilt and knowing the range of punishment. During the sentence trial, medical testimony established ...

Tony Lorenzo Bobo, a Memphis native, became known for his involvement in violent crimes in the early 1980s. In 1983, he organized a heist that resulted in the death of Carolyn Doyle, an office clerk in Memphis. Bobo and his friends were charged with the armed robbery of the Crisp Grocery Store in Mississippi, based primarily on Joe Dean Felix's evidence. Bobo's violent activities continued while inside, culminating in his second-degree murder conviction in 1985 for the horrific executi...

Anthony Ray Briley, born in 1958, is an American criminal most known for his role in the Briley Brothers gang, an infamous group of three brothers that operated in Richmond, Virginia, in the late 1970s. Between 1979 and 1980, the Briley brothers and Duncan Eric Meekins committed a series of violent crimes that included murder, rape, and robbery, killing at least eleven people. Their upbringing was marred by instability and separation, which influenced their eventual criminal activity. The...

Benjamin Howard Reed, a 35-year-old male from Thayer, Illinois, was found guilty of the brutal murder of Deidre Silas, a child protection services worker for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. Reed was accused of a variety of offenses, such as first-degree homicide, aggravated battery, and aggravated unlawful restraint. Reed's trial concluded with a verdict of "guilty but mentally ill," which suggests that, despite his mental health issues, he possessed the mental c...

Chrystul Kizer, who was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was sexually molested and trafficked to other men for sex at the age of 16. Randy Volar, 34, had been implicated in the exploitation of approximately a dozen minor girls, including Kizer. Kizer was charged with first-degree intentional homicide, which carried the prospect of life imprisonment. In 2022, the Wisconsin Supreme Court determined that Kizer could employ an "affirmative defense" under state law, allowing her to present proof ...

Mark Howard Wilson Jr. was found guilty of the brutal killings of two young brothers in Melrose, Florida, in August 2020. The jury unanimously recommended the death penalty for Wilson, emphasizing the gravity of his acts. Judge Howard O. McGillin Jr. formally condemned Wilson to death, emphasizing the murders' deliberate and premeditated nature. Wilson's defense team appealed against the death penalty because of his history of child abuse and drug use, but the case was dropped. The emotio...

Deangelo Kenneth Martin, born in 1985 in Detroit, Michigan, was involved in criminal activity from an early age. His mother, Chantrienes Barker, was sentenced to life in prison for kidnapping and murdering Antoine Caruthers in 1998. Martin's illicit activities evolved into a series of violent crimes between February 2018 and June 2019, including the murder of four women and the rape of two others. He left serial killer signatures in each murder case, often leaving a victim’s sock, takin...

Kevin “God” Foster, a leader of the Lords of Chaos, was convicted of first-degree murder, attempted murder, arson, and armed robbery. The group, formed in 1996, gained notoriety for a crime spree that ended with the murder of Riverdale High School’s band director, Mark Schwebes. Foster and three of the group’s members, Chris Black, Peter Magnotti, and Derek Shields, went to Schwebes’s home on April 30, 1996. When Schwebes answered, Foster shot him twice, killing him. Foster was ...

George Brinkman Jr., born in 1972, is an American serial killer responsible for a string of killings in June 2017. He murdered five people in Ohio, including Suzanne Taylor and her kids, as well as Rogell "Gene" John and his wife Roberta "Bobbi" John. Brinkman had personal links with all of his victims, which complicated the investigation. He underwent many trials before pleading guilty to the North Royalton murders in November 2018 and was sentenced to death in December. However, the Ohi...

 Grei Mendez, a woman from the Bronx, New York, pleaded guilty to federal drug charges for distributing fentanyl at her daycare, Divino Niño. In September 2023, four children were exposed to fentanyl, resulting in the death of a 22-month-old kid called Nicholas Dominici and significant damage to three others. Mendez and her husband, Felix Herrera-Garcia, ran a drug trafficking ring from the daycare. Mendez admitted to helping package and store the pills on the daycare facility. The inqu...

Jesse Lee Calhoun, a 38-year-old man from Oregon, has an extensive criminal history. He was recently identified as a person of interest in the suspicious deaths of four women whose bodies were found between the Portland and Salem areas in the winter and spring of 2023. On June 6, 2024, Calhoun was arraigned in Multnomah County Circuit Court in Portland, Oregon. He entered not guilty pleas to all charges, including second-degree murder charges, in the deaths of Charity Lynn Perry, 24; B...